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    Default Epilators SUCK

    After several years, I've finally learned that epilators don't work b/c they break hairs rather than pull them out. I suspected this b/c I'd get stubbly 2 days after epilating my arms, legs, and bikini (I could never do it on my face or underarms b/c it would rip up my skin). Finally, I had one arm hot waxed and epilated the other, and I realized that I had been epilating in vain for the past few years. The epilated arm grew in quickly and prickly, and the waxed arm grew in slower and less prickly. Unless you see a bulb at the end of the hair, it's not ripping the hair out. Repeated removal by the root will eventually scar follicles into growing thinner hairs, although fine hairs may get thicker due to irritation (thick hairs like bikini and eyebrows get thinner eventually). An epilator is too fast and most hairs are too weak to be pulled by the root. Hot sticky wax grips the hairs and the pull is slow enough not to break a lot of hairs. Damn, I wish I had known sooner.

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    Default Re: Epilators SUCK

    Uhhh... actually...... Frequent waxing makes your hair grow stronger and thicker.. It only appears finer because not all the follicles grow a hair at the same time.. Also, it takes many, many waxings to see an actual difference. What happens is that pulling out a hair stimulates blood flow to the follicle (that's why it gets red and looks like a bump sometimes) and this blood delivers water, oxygen, and nutrients (as is its purpose) to the follicle, making it stronger and more resistant to further hair removal.

    Also, if you find that your epilator breaks hairs instead of pulling them out it is one of 2 reasons:
    1. Your hair and skin are dehydrated
    2. Your hair is in the "resting" stage, where it is about to fall out and a new hair may or may not have already started growing in the follicle.

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    Default Re: Epilators SUCK

    I have an epilator and I've noticed the same thing but it seemed like it used to work better. I'm wondering if maybe they need to be replaced every so often?

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    Default Re: Epilators SUCK

    interesting...i've had the same epilator for five years....sometimes you might get growth a day or two later because not all hair grows at the same rate (in other words some hairs will be just at the surface of the skin...too short for the epilator to reach, but will be the right length a day or two later). the good thing about epilators is that the hair can be shorter when removing it...for waxing you have to wait a bit. try using the epilator everyday for 5-7 days (even if it's just to remove a little bit), and you'll stay smoother longer. if not, then it's good waxing works for you.

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    Default Re: Epilators SUCK

    xbloodydewdropx, what type of epilator do you have? Maybe htey aren't all created equal.

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